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Rhodesian Ridgeback
Did You Know
  • The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a large, muscular dog originally bred in South Africa to hunt lions. It is also known as the African Lion Hound.
  • The peculiarity of the Ridgeback breed is the ridge of hair which grows forward on his back.
  • In 1922, a group of Rhodesian breeders set up a standard for Ridgebacks which has remained virtually unchanged ever since.
  • The Rhodesian Ridgeback was admitted to registry by the AKC in 1955.
  • The breed was created by the Hottentots, a native race of South Africa, and the early Dutch, German, and Huguenot settlers who emigrated there.
    • They combined Danes, Mastiffs, Greyhounds, Bloodhounds, Terriers, and other breeds with the half-wild Hottentot hunting breed to create the Ridgeback.
  • Not surprisingly, the lack of a defining ridge on the back is unacceptable in the Ridgeback breed.




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